Yehuda Alharizi
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Yehuda Alharizi, also Judah ben Solomon Harizi or al-Harizi, was a rabbi, translator, poet, and traveler active in al-Andalus. He was supported by wealthy patrons, to whom he wrote poems and dedicated
Sefer Refu'at Hageviyah by Judah Al Harizi
14th-15th century manuscript of Taḥkemoni
Al-Hariri of Basra
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Al-Hariri of Basra was a poet belonging to the Beni Harram tribe of Bedouin Arabs, who lived and died in the city of Basra, modern Iraq. He was a scholar of the Arabic language and a dignitary of the
Yehuda Alharizi
…poor quality of Hebrew learning across the region. He translated many Arabic works into Hebrew, including Maimonides' The Guide for the Perplexed and al-Hariri's Maqamat. In addition to the many translations, he also produced original works in Hebrew and in Arabic. He wrote a book of his travels, al-rawada…
Possible depiction of al-Hariri, in the Maqamat of al-Hariri, 1237 CE edition, probably Baghdad.
Ms Cairo Adab 105, folio 5a. Title and autograph ijaza written by al-Hariri himself, for the copyist, in 1110-11.
"Discussion Near a Village", a miniature illustrating the 43rd maqāmah of a 1237 edition of al-Hariri's Maqamat al-Hariri, painted by Yaḥyā ibn Maḥmūd al-Wāsiṭī. Painting in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. MS Arabe 5847 fol. 138v.
Al-Harith helps Abu Zayd to retrieve his stolen camel. Illustration for the 27th maqamat, from a manuscript in the Bodleian Library, Oxford